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Tate & Lyle has posted a 23% jump in full year pre-tax profits despite falling sales of its key Sucralose sugar substitute product as improved pricing boosted margins. Plus, PayPoint posts a rise in annual sales and profits, driven by increased retail penetration, Tesco and Booker director takes chairman role at C&C Group and all the rest of the latest news from the City.

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Blue Planet has put plastic packaging under the spotlight, but there is a lack of consensus from campaigners and producers over what the problem is – let alone how to solve it. So who will lead the sustainability charge? Check-out our list

Review of the Year 2016

Where to begin with 2016? Brexit? Trump? Amazon? The Sugar Tax? Huge stories have landed all over the place, and the seismic political changes have a direct link to food and drink. But there was plenty of other big news, from big deals to big losses, slowing sales to big comebacks, social media madness to wonky veg and more. Read on as we take a look back at 2016....